ABSTRACT
Over the last twenty years, the dance scene has gradually emerged and developed into a global phenomenon. This phenomenon is expressive and indicative of a distinctive youth culture. Hong Kong has a long colonial history with opiates. From the 1800s through to the 1940s, opium dominated, but eventually heroin became the primary drug on the local market, and its use remains associated with lower class adult males. The Hong Kong government's Central Registry of Drug Abuse database (CRDA) has been one source for documenting the changes in drug use patterns. The CRDA has been viewed as a relatively reliable indicator of heroin use, and has been able to capture the general increase in psychoactive drug use. Hong Kong's education differs from the US, with compulsory schooling lasting until Form 3 or about 11th grade. The majority of respondents had also used ecstasy and ketamine, typically at the age of 17 or 18 for males and females respectively.
